Exorcist Halloween Costume Guide

It’s Halloween, America’s excuse to get as weird as it’d like to be on a daily basis.

We’re showing The Exorcist tomorrow (Friday) night at The Naro with a bangarang costume contest. We’ve got prizes from University Pizza, Streats, Public House, The Parlor on Granby, O’Connor’s, The Naro, Alchemy’s Haunted Gallery, and more. Here are some costume suggestions for yah.

Father Karras

Spreading the word of God isn’t always so chill.

GayMawage

Add some rainbow flair and have fun with the lisp and you’re all set.

Regan

If you don’t have time to get a costume just having this “Oh hell on bitch” look on your face half counts.

What with 2 deaths on American soil, nothing is scarier than the existential thread of Ebola. Are we allowed to talk about how Ebola kind of looks like a dick (no pun)? If you wanted to get clever you could fashion yourself a bowl, and write the names of a bunch of viruses on pieces of paper and put them in the bowl. A-BOWL-A-VIRUSES GET IT?

ISIS

I don’t know about you, but I was a HUGE fan of the short-lived TV series ISIS, about an archaeologist who gains an amulet that lets her turn into the superheroine goddess Isis and fight evil.

Remember how badly they freaked out when Brazil lost in the World Cup? That was the best. All you need is a Brazilian flag and an unreasonably histrionic reaction to things happening around you, as if they’re happening to you, as if they matter at all.

Putin /// Fraim

Be balding, shirtless, carry a rifle, and go with either a Russian or Tidewater accent, whichever you’re most skilled at. When people ask who you are feel free to simply respond, “The Boss.”

Confused

If you’re a woman, wear an NFL jersey. Wear a military uniform and have a Tea Party license plate hanging from your chest. Hold an anti-pot sign in one hand, and a beer in the other. In all cases, when people ask what you are, you can say you’re Confused.

Drake

Why is Drake fanboying out with NBA stars the most joyful thing that ever happened to the world since my cats were kittens and they fell asleep cuddling on my chest? I don’t know. Just be Drake and smile like you’re so happy you’ve gone dumb.

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